Boone, NC - Romeo Vital Bosse, 91, died peacefully November 22, 2020, at
Appalachian Brian Estates. He was born April 6, 1929 in St. François, New Brunswick,
Canada, the son of Vital Bosse and Olive Boucher. Mr. Bosse lived in Millinocket, Maine for
63 years before moving to North Carolina in 2019.
In Millinocket, he worked for Great Northern Paper Co. for 30 years and worked as a
private contractor remodeling and building 18 homes including the three in which the family
lived. After retiring from the paper company, he continued as a contractor for another five
years and then began doing decorative woodworking in his later years. He loved hockey and
baseball.
Mr. Bosse was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Marie Michelle Bosse, sons Serge
Bosse of Charleston, SC and Andrew Francis Bosse of North Haven, CT, sister Gilberte
Bouchard and husband Gil Bouchard, of St. François, brothers Jerrard and wife Edna of
Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada, Rosaire and wife Lorette, and twin brothers Adrien and wife
Aline, and Lucien and wife Blanche all of St. François, and son-in-law David Bushley
husband of Denise Bosse of West Haven, CT.
He is survived by wife Bertha Melida Bosse of Boone, NC, daughter Denise Bosse of West
Haven, CT, son Michael Joseph Bosse and wife Roxanne Carol Bosse of Boone, NC,
grandchildren Sarah Michal Bosse of Charlotte, NC and Michael Joseph Bosse and wife
Mallory Millsap Bosse of Greenville, NC, great-grandchildren Erin Mina Bosse and Beverly
Ruth Bosse of Greenville, NC, and many nieces and nephews and their children and
grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at Christ the Divine Mercy Parish, St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, 119 Colby Street, Millinocket, Tuesday, August 10, 2021, at 11 a.m. Interment will be at the Millinocket Cemetery.